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SilkAir, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, will launch a direct air route between Singapore and Vietnam's central city of Da Nang starting January 2005, according to a meeting in Da Nang Nov. 27.
SilkAir has spent two years doing surveys and holding talks with Da Nang authorities and relevant agencies to map out the plan. … [Read more...] about SilkAir to open Singapore-Da Nang direct link early 2005

Minh beaten at AVIVA Open (01-07-2005)
Poseur: Vietnamese top player Nguyen Tien Minh poses at the International Badminton-Robot Cup in HCM City. He was out from the second match in the main draw at the AVIVA Open Singapore. — VNS File Photo Thanh Vu
HA NOI — Nguyen Tien Minh, Viet Nam's biggest hope at the US$170,000 AVIVA Open Singapore, was knocked out of the week-long event in two sets by world number seven Chen Hong of China on Wednesday's second first-round match. Despite a valiant effort, Minh eventually went down 15-10, 15-5, but his showing in the tournament was enough to propel him into the world top 100 after his straight-sets victory (15-7, 15-11) over Indonesian Sridhar Anup, in just 39 minutes, earlier in the day. On Wednesday's other first-round match, Malaysia's world number 48 Lee Tsuen-seng, who lost to Minh in last year's Malaysia Open Satellite Championship, overcame Shinya Ohtsuka of Japan 15-13, 15-5. The English world number 28 Andrew Smith, … [Read more...] about Minh beaten at AVIVA Open

Minh/Minh duo crashes out of S'pore Open (07-06-2006) HA NOI — Viet Nam's badminton hope duo Nguyen Tien Minh and Nguyen Quang Minh lost 21-17, 16-21, 21-15 at the second round of the US$170,000 Aviva Open Singapore yesterday. Faced with Taiwan's Chieh Min Fang/Sheng Mu Lee, the Vietnamese players quickly suffered a first set loss of 21-17. The second set was dominated by Vietnamese players when Tien Minh who jumped up to the 47th in the world ranking after his wonderful performance at the Philippines Open last month played in his form and scored many points for Viet Nam. The pair won 21-16. However, they failed to keep their performance alive in the last decisive set against the team who beat Filipinos Wilson Frias/Alfredo Mailon 21-14, 21-6 in the first round on Monday. They beat Vietnamese duo without any difficulty 21-15. On Monday, Tien Minh/Quang Minh took only 25 minutes to defeat hosts Johnathan Tang/Zi Liang Derek Wong 21-15, 21-16. Tien Minh and Quang Minh will kick off … [Read more...] about Minh/Minh duo crashes out of S’pore Open

Petrolimex opens Singapore arm (18-11-2009) HA NOI — Petrolimex announced that it officially opened a new member company in Singapore on Monday. The new company, Petrolimex Singapore Pte Ltd, will focus on developing bunker services, studying the Singaporean market and will look for potential partners in the country. "The total capital of the company is about US$15 million. Basically, all of the old activities from when it was a branch office will remain, but now it will be further developed," said Nguyen Ba Tung, head of Financial Division under Petrolimex. Petrolimex had opened a representative office in Singapore in 1997. Seven years later, it was developed into a branch office and now it is an official member company. "We will be more active as a company. It will help us to better organise our institution," Tung added. "This is an important point in the development of Petrolimex. It affirms the company's non-stop development. It also proves that the company is able to … [Read more...] about Petrolimex opens Singapore arm

SINGAPORE, Jan 20, 2010 (AFP) - Malaysian gaming giant Genting on Wednesday opened four premium hotels at a 4.4-billion-dollar resort in Singapore in preparation for the launch of a casino and a Universal Studios theme park. Company executives cut a ribbon to inaugurate the hotels at the Resorts World Sentosa complex at 8:18 am (0018 GMT), an auspicious time whose Cantonese pronunciation sounds like "to prosper" in the language. Festive Hotel, Hard Rock Hotel Singapore, Crockfords Tower and Hotel Michael together offer 1,350 rooms and 10 restaurants. They are located on the hilly islet of Sentosa, linked by a causeway to the southern tip of Singapore. Genting Group chairman Lim Kok Thay said his company was still working with Singapore authorities on finalising the casino license and gave no date for the start of gambling operations. "As far as the casino license is concerned, we are still working closely with the authorities through their checks and inspections," Lim told reporters … [Read more...] about Genting opens Singapore hotels ahead of casino, theme park